The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-04-24
Branch Offices
SUNDAY. APRIL "a. 1887.

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qHA SUNDAY noRN1NG NEWS Oh last oun-
Day produced marked change IN the SEN
tament concerning Murphy, the aefaulting
Water Registrar of Hoboken, and first drew
attention to the fact that the public Off
eials Of Hoboken had for years abetted
Murrhy's efforts to prevent an examina-
yson eoff-.hls accoSHts. The cue we then
furnished has served to give color to an
that has since been published concerning
the case. and What. we published served as
food for the local press to hash and rehash
duling the greater part Of last week. Be
fore This paper had given the facts, uR-
iinged by maudlin sentiment for thief,
The local papers we're full of the veriest
gush and twaddle about the missing Regis
trar and the others concerned with him.
TIC day there is nothing loo black for them
to say Of him. One bold. outsPoken pa
per. that allows no man to place it under
obligations, is worth thousand of tbs
sheets that are afraid to tell the truth. No
man can purchase the favor Of this PAPER.
It eenfers praise only on those whoss mer-
iis entitle them to it; and when it de
nounc1s a man you may be sure that he
deserves it. We have only contempt for
these personal journals that are run on the
lire cf the likes and disllkes of their edi
tors CIR Of their reporters-that praise
these who will extend their favors, abuse
those who won't, and are Independent
only as to these who can neither help ncr
hurt them. We have defended and ex-
tolled some of the bitterest of our personal
enemies; and, We say it with regret, we
havs had occasion, sometimes, to differ
from of our warmest personal friends.
Thot il the only principle to run success
sui paper on. The newspaper is the prop
erty Of the public, and the public has no
interest in the personal quarrels of the
persons who conduct it. The paper that
cclors its reports or its editorials with the
personal bias of its editor and reporters
soon loses its influence and circulation.
Trinity Episcopal Church in Newark hes
an interesting complication on its hands
The management of the affairs of the
shuFch lal been for many years in The
hands of a vestry that never changed mem
b rs5ip except by death. A few months
ago I'll young wife of Thomas 7. Kinney.
the editor of The Newark Advertiser, Joined
the congregation, and it was not raany
weeks before her buoyant activity made
her conspicuous figure in church circles.
She infused new hfe in the parish, and
made things little to5 lively for the
rnusty old yestry. The old fogies of Tho
parish awoke to make a vigorous protest
aesrnst the innovations of The FASCINATING
religious carpet Dagger, and pretty soon
howl went up that Mrs. Kinney had al o.
getner too much to say in church AFFAIR.".
The rector sided with his new parishioner.
and in little time the congregation be-
came divided into two strong factions.
Mr.. Kinney and her party wanted to have
. inors progressive vestry. The musty old
yesiry wanted to hold On to the helm; and
tho gavalry eliminated in one of the most
exciting and interesting church elections
held in tAese parts Of late years. lie
strengthen her ticket, Mrs. Kinney had
the names of some7of the old-tims vsstry-
men put on her ticket, and they, with the
rest of her candidates, were chosen b. a
handsome m ajority. That was thought to
BIO The end Of the rumpas; but within the
lass week the mcmbers of the old vestry
elected to tho new have got their heads to-:
eether; and they broadly intiaate now
that they will refuse to serve The wor-
shippers ere becoming engaged, too, in an
animated, if not acrimonious, newspaper
controversy; and it looks, altogether, as
though The seeds Of disruption and dis
sniou had been sowe1 in the ranks of the
faithful.
The testimony at the ing uest in the Rah-
way murder case goes far towards ths cor
roboration Of the theory Of that terrible
tragedy that was published in these col